Mike Tyson: I couldn't beat Larry Holmes in his prime

[Parody]

I think a Prime Holmes beats most HW's if not All.


And yeah I saw that video on youtube with Tyson, Ali and Leonard.

Ali indicated that Tyson would beat him in his Prime but Tyson disagreed saying Ali would beat him.

[tyson]

Was that a parody? ^^

[Parody]

Was that a parody? ^^

typo, i meant would beat all...

[Parody]

Holmes in his prime was a pleasure to watch, I honestly dont think any HW would have beaten him prime vs prime. That jab was amazing

[tyson]

I agree, Holmes was a thing of beauty in his heyday.
I can't think of, wait, maybe I would favour Foreman against Holmes.
But not anyone else at this moment.

[Parody]

I agree, Holmes was a thing of beauty in his heyday.
I can't think of, wait, maybe I would favour Foreman against Holmes.
But not anyone else at this moment.

Foreman didn't want it with Holmes, it was a fight that could have been made but didn't and Foreman is to blame, he ducked Holmes. I have seen a lot of interviews with Holmes and he kept saying Foreman ducked him and the fight could have made, also an interview from Foreman saying he wasn't "interested". Maybe Foreman realised something from the ali fight, or their styles (Holmes and foreman) so he was aware...

[Silencers]

Foreman didn't want it with Holmes, it was a fight that could have been made but didn't and Foreman is to blame, he ducked Holmes. I have seen a lot of interviews with Holmes and he kept saying Foreman ducked him and the fight could have made, also an interview from Foreman saying he wasn't "interested". Maybe Foreman realised something from the ali fight, or their styles (Holmes and foreman) so he was aware...

Holmes is still calling him out lol, he's always said that he'd make a comeback just to fight Foreman.

[tyson]

I'm thinking prime for prime. You guys are talking about late 80's-90's right?
Holmes was just starting when Foreman quit in the mid 70's...

[Mike Tyson77]

Tyson would whip any verison of holmes. Tyson had his number.......

[Mr. Ryan]

What I'm saying is Larry Holmes could have possably beaten Ali. I'm not talking about who Holmes beat and who Ali beat. I'm talking about them fighting each other. I'd pick Ali but I think Holmes would have a serious chance.

Ken Norton's style was trouble some to Ali. Norton was able to jab with Ali and that enabled him to get in good work by invading Ali's space. Ali was used to people diving in when he changed the distance, giving Ali time to counter and move away. Holmes wouldn't just walk in or try and stay low, he'd be jabbing in a disciplined manner throwing Ali's timing off.

To dismiss Holmes in an Ali fight is absurd. That said, I'd favor Ali.